The 2012-13 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd since its establishment. The campaign began on 18 August 2012, and ended on 1 June 2013. Barcelona won the league for a 22nd time, after leading the league the entire season and amassing 100 points. As in previous years, Nike provided the official ball for all matches, with a new Nike Maxim Liga BBVA model to be used throughout the season for all matches.
Video 2012-13 La Liga
Teams
A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the 2011-12 season and three promoted from the 2011-12 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the victorious team of the play-offs.
Villarreal CF, Sporting de Gijón and Racing de Santander were relegated to 2012-13 Segunda División the previous season: Villarreal were relegated after twelve years in La Liga, Sporting de Gijón returns to Segunda División after four-year tenure in La Liga, while Racing de Santander ended ten consecutive seasons in La Liga, the longest period in its history.
The three teams that were relegated were replaced by three 2011-12 Segunda División sides: Deportivo de La Coruña made an immediate return to the top level as Segunda División champion. The second-placing team Celta de Vigo was also promoted to La Liga after a five-year absence. The third promoted team was decided in the promotion play-offs where Real Valladolid returned to La Liga after two seasons in Segunda División.
Stadia and locations
Personnel and sponsorship
- 1. ^ Huawei is the sponsor for select matches.
- 2. ^ On the back of shirt.
- 3. ^ Barcelona makes a donation to UNICEF in order to display the charity's logo on the back of the club's kit.
- 4. ^ On the shorts.
- 5. ^ Málaga makes a donation to UNESCO in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.
- 6. ^ On the sleeves.
Managerial changes
Maps 2012-13 La Liga
League table
Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
1 Since the 2012-13 Copa del Rey champions, Atlético Madrid and runners-up Real Madrid qualified to 2013-14 UEFA Champions League, the 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams will qualify for the group stage, play-off round ,and third qualifying round of the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League respectively.
2 Málaga was excluded from participating in any UEFA club competition in 2013-14 season. Málaga appealed against this UEFA ban, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed the decision of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body.
3 Rayo Vallecano was excluded from participating in any UEFA club competition for the next season after RFEF denied them a "UEFA license" because they didn't meet the requirements as they were immersed in a creditor contest. They appealed to CAS in June 2013 and on 11 July that decision was confirmed.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.
Source: kicker.de, AllTimeSoccer.com
Results
Source: LFP
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Awards
LFP Awards
La Liga's governing body, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with the LFP Awards.
Top goalscorers
The Pichichi Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
Assists table
Zamora Trophy
The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with least goals-to-games ratio. Keepers must play at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.
Source: Marca
Fair Play award
This award is given annually since 1999 to the team with the best fair play during the season. This ranking takes into account aspects such as cards, suspension of matches, audience behaviour and other penalties. This section not only aims to determine the best fair play, but also serves to break the tie in teams that are tied in all the other rules: points, head-to-head, goal difference and goals scored.
Source: 2012-13 Fair Play Rankings Season
Sources of cards and penalties: Referee's reports, Competition Committee's Sanctions, Appeal Committee Resolutions and RFEF section about Fair Play
Legend:
Season statistics
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Fabrice Olinga for Málaga against Celta de Vigo (18 August 2012)
- Last goal of the season: Piti for Rayo Vallecano against Athletic Bilbao (1 June 2013)
Hat-tricks
- 4 Player scored 4 goals
- 5 Player scored 5 goals
Clean sheets
- Most clean sheets: 20
- Atlético Madrid
- Fewest clean sheets: 5
- Mallorca
Discipline
- Most yellow cards (club): 139
- Espanyol
- Least yellow cards (club): 56
- Barcelona
- Most yellow cards (player): 19
- Cristian S?punaru (Zaragoza)
- Most red cards (club): 12
- Sevilla
- Least red cards (club): 2
- Barcelona
- Real Sociedad
- Most red cards (player): 4
- Alejandro Arribas (Osasuna)
Number of teams by autonomous community
See also
- List of Spanish football transfers summer 2012
- List of Spanish football transfers winter 2012-13
- 2012-13 Segunda División
- 2012-13 Copa del Rey
References
External links
- LFP.es
- LigaBBVA.com
- sportYou.es
- Inside Spanish Football
Source of article : Wikipedia
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